Review of the National Academy of Sciences Report, "Designing Foods": Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture and the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, June 14, 1988Abstract: This hearing reviews the findings of a National Academy of Sciences report entitled "Designing foods." Recommendations made by the report are commented upon by government officials, consumer advocates, and food industry representatives. The report's conclusions include lowering the fat and cholesteral level of the typical American diet and improving food labeling practices so that consumers may make nutritionally informed decisions when pruchasing food. |
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